We acquire a vast amount of knowledge in our lifetime, but only utilize a fraction of it in contrast to the totality that we’ve learned. If the past knowledge isn’t applied regularly, they begin to slip away. Eventually, they become vague notions that we knew we had learned, but can’t recall in detail.
The things we’ve become experts in are things we need and apply in the present. For example, the skillset and knowledge we use at work, the skills we use at home, whether it is cooking, repairing things, using certain tools, etc.
There is also the knowledge we’ve accumulated from the hobbies we’ve had, and the knowledge we have from what we majored in at college. But these, and other many things, will become a blur unless we use them–apply them regularly. This can also include academic knowledge, knowledge about places we used to live in, and knowledge from all the jobs we had in the past.
As we continue to acquire knowledge, the more we will forget. What does all this knowledge mean if we don’t utilize them–if we slowly forget them? Or were they merely stepping stones to where we are now?
Fallton Havenstonne 